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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 1988
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:
Peter Wood, Murrysville, PA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Elctric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02V / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
307 46 ; 307 66 ; 320 14 ;
Abstract
Power supply apparatus including a generator of electrical energy, such as fuel cells, solar cells, MHD generators or the like, in which a storage battery is connected to the generator and to the load for supplementing the generator when the load exceeds its output or for storing energy from the generator when the generator output exceeds the load. A differentially rated, current-sourced, dual converter is interfaced between the storage battery and the generator for controlling the flow of power into or out of the battery.